Letter: More police won't help unless crime witnesses step forward

It seems that almost daily there is a crime committed in Saginaw County. Yet very few citizens are willing to come forward and report what they see or hear.

To some, all we have to do is hire more police officers and crime will go away. I firmly believe that we can put a police officer on every corner, every mile and crime will continue to rise as long as the citizens of our country don't come forward and report what they see or hear. Police officers are a cure for one-half of our crime problems, the other half is more citizens getting involved.

Below I have a quote from the late former Attorney General Robert Kennedy that he made in Chicago, Illinois on June 21, 1961,"Laws can embody standards, governments can enforce laws - but the final task is not for government. It is a task for each and every one of us. Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flaunted - when we tolerate what we know to be wrong —when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, or too frightened — when we fail to speak up and out we strike a blow against freedom, decency and justice."